Component comparison
Core i5-8250U vs Core i5-7200U
Core i5-8250U vs Core i5-7200U — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Core i5-8250U
- + Release year (+1)
- + Cores (+2)
- + Threads (+4)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+0.30 GHz)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+3 MB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+3 GB/s)
- + PassMark (overall) (+2785)
- + Geekbench 5 (single-core) (+263)
- + Geekbench 5 (multi-core) (+655)
- + Normalized score (+15.3)
B
Core i5-7200U
- + Base clock (GHz) (+0.90 GHz)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Core i5-8250U
|
Component B
Core i5-7200U
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2017 (+1) | 2016 |
| Cores | 4 (+2) | 2 |
| Threads | 8 (+4) | 4 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 1.60 GHz | 2.50 GHz (+0.90 GHz) |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 3.40 GHz (+0.30 GHz) | 3.10 GHz |
| L1 cache (KB) | 64 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache (KB) | 256 KB | 256 KB |
| L3 cache (MB) | 6 MB (+3 MB) | 3 MB |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 37 GB/s (+3 GB/s) | 34 GB/s |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max memory (GB) | 32 GB | 32 GB |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 15 W | 15 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Critical temp (°C) | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| PassMark (overall) | 6,158 (+2785) | 3,373 |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | 771 (+263) | 508 |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | 1,971 (+655) | 1,316 |
| Normalized score | 35.9 (+15.3) | 20.6 |
In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
VT-x
VT-d
amd_v
Based on the comparison:
Core i5-8250U wins 10 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).